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Meghan Markle scolded by Prince Harry with blunt two-word dig at Trooping the Colour

An eyebrow-raising video of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry during the 2019 event shows the Prince instructing his wife on royal protocol.

Meghan Markle appears to be ‘told off’ by Harry in 2019

During Trooping the Colour 2019, Meghan Markle was observed having a brief and seemingly tense exchange with Prince Harry on the Buckingham Palace balcony while celebration events took place for the late Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday.

It appears that Prince Harry was reminding his wife of the upcoming anthem to ensure she was prepared and facing the right direction by telling her to “turn around” twice, when she tried to turn her back on the crowds below. For Harry, maintaining protocol and smooth public appearances were taught from a young age.

The video gained huge traction on social media and has recently resurfaced as the Royal Family prepares for Trooping the Colour 2024 to mark King Charles’s official birthday on Saturday, June 15.

Footage shows the Sussexes are on the balcony during Trooping the Colour 2019 and Meghan Markle could be seen turning around to chat with her husband, just before the National Anthem was played.

As the National Anthem began playing Harry could be seen telling Meghan to “turn around” when she tried to engage with her husband and initiate a conversation.

The Duchess appeared to look quite upset when this interaction happened but much has been read into the interaction over the years, with some saying Harry was merely trying to look out for his wife, who may have been unaccustomed to the protocol.

Judi James, a professional body language expert, spoke exclusively to Express.co.uk at the time to explain how Meghan may have been feeling at this moment.

She said: “It’s easy to forget how much pressure Meghan might have felt herself to be under, coming from the US which has no Royal Family, and immersing herself in both her husband’s family and the more formal side of his lifestyle.

“So events like the Trooping of the Colour might have even come as a bit of a shock to a woman who claims to have initially had little knowledge of skills like the curtsey.”

Judi added: “Her [Meghan Markle’s] blink rate does seem to have speeded though, which is a gesture that can hint at either some upset or irritation.”

The Duchess of Sussex’s second appearance at Trooping the Colour was her first public appearance since the birth of her son Archie, attending the late Queen’s birthday parade alongside the rest of the Royal Family.

As they are no longer working royals, Meghan and Harry will not be attending Trooping the Colour this year. The King’s Birthday Parade, scheduled for Saturday, June 15, will kick off at 10:20am.

Charles’s actual birthday is on November 14, but it is tradition for the reigning monarch to have an unofficial birthday in June, so the entire nation can join in the celebration.

One royal commentator, Kinsey Schofield, believes the couple might decide to choose the day to hit headlines so they are not sidelined. Ms Schofield, To Di For Daily host, said: “I would not be surprised if we saw American Rivera Orchard launch a product around Trooping the Colour.”

Meghan first launched her lifestyle brand on March 14, but there has since been a lull in brand activity. She then resurfaced at the end of April, giving out handmade jams to 50 friends and influencers to share via social media.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex did not attend a recent wedding in the United Kingdom, with a royal expert now claiming that the pair face a huge challenge with A-List events in the USA

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are facing a huge “challenge” as they’re not invited to A-List events in the United States, a royal expert claims.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved to California in the summer of 2020, with the couple also stepping down as senior royals in the same year. Since moving to America, they have become somewhat estranged from the Royal Family, with them distancing themselves from England too.

With the couple having distanced themselves from England and Royal Family, the Sussexes missed out on a recent royal wedding. Hugh Grosvenor, the 7th Duke of Westminster, is a close friend of both Prince Harry and his brother Prince William. The Duke got married last week, with his wedding to Olivia Henson taking place on Friday, June 7.

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Both Prince Harry and Meghan missed out on the nuptials of Harry’s close friend the billionaire Duke of Westminster, which took place at Chester Cathedral, with it now claimed that Meghan would have caused a “media storm” had she attended. It was previously reported that the Duke of Sussex turned down a “save the date” to the wedding to avoid an “awkward” encounter with family members he is no longer close with.

And now a royal commentator has revealed a “challenge” that he claims the Sussexes have in the United States off the back of them not attending the Duke of Westminster’s wedding. Speaking exclusively to The Mirror, Richard Fitzwilliams told us: “The challenge for Harry and Meghan is to attend comparable events in the United States which are not focused on them. The Met Gala and the Oscars are the sort of events they would benefit from being seen at, since they have pretensions to be A-listers. Barack Obama’s 60th, held in 2021, the year they were in Time Magazine’s Top 100, is the sort of event they would undoubtedly want to be seen at but were not invited to.”

Also during our chat, Mr Fitzwilliams spoke of the “media storm” that he claims Meghan would have caused at the recent wedding of the Duke of Westminster and Olivia Henson when he added: “They also knew that their presence would cause a media storm, especially since Meghan has not visited Britain since Queen Elizabeth’s Funeral.”

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry enjoyed a double date on their sixth wedding anniversary as they went for dinner to celebrate.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were spotted at one of their favourite restaurants in their hometown of Montecito, Lucky’s, an upmarket steakhouse where a 28oz porterhouse steak costs $175 and a side of hash browns will set you back $15.

The couple were joined by their friends, Paramount boss Brian Robbins and his wife Tracy, who works as a designer.

The four pals are thought to have developed a close bond in recent years, with Harry, 39, and Meghan, 42, joining the pair for the One Love film premiere in Jamaica in January.

Tracy was also one of the first original ‘jamfluencers’ to be gifted one of Meghan’s homemade strawberry jam jars from her new brand American Riviera Orchard.

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were spotted at one of their favourite restaurants in their hometown of Montecito, Lucky’s, an upmarket steakhouse. Above: Meghan and Harry in London in 2018, just months after they tied the knot

Mrs Robbins posted a picture of Meghan’s jam, which had the American Riviera Orchard logo and ‘Montecito’ underneath – the celebrity enclave in California where Harry and Meghan live in a £12million home. The label also had the words ’17 of 50′.

Last month, Tracy showed the jam – which said 17 of 50 – in her hand on Instagram, and she said: ‘@AmericanRivieraOrchard Breakfast, lunch and dinner just got a little sweeter.’

‘Thank you for the delicious basket! I absolutely love this jam so not sure I’m sharing with anyone. @American RivieraOrchard Thank you, M! #MontecitoGoodness #AmericanRivieraOrchard.’

Harry and Meghan were snapped enjoying their meal with a bottle of red wine on the table as they conversed with Brian and Tracy. According to the restaurant’s wine list, its cheapest bottle of red is $72.

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Harry and Meghan were joined at dinner their friends Paramount boss Brian Robbins and his wife Tracy, who works as a designer. Above: The four pictured at the Bob Marley premiere in January

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Last month Tracy Robbins was sent one of Meghan’s strawberry jam jars and wrote: ‘Thank you, M!

The eatery seems to be a favourite of Harry and Meghan’s who have been seen dining at the restaurant since they moved from Britain to America.

The Duke and Duchess also went on a double date with their friends Katharine McPhee and David Foster in 2020.

Meghan was also seen tucking into lunch with her agent at the Lucky’s last year.

The Duke and Duchess celebrated their six-year wedding anniversary on Sunday, also known as a ‘sugar anniversary’ because of the traditional gift given for the occasion.

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The Duke and Duchess celebrated their six-year wedding anniversary on Sunday

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The former working royals recently finished their ‘quasi- royal’ three-day tour to Nigeria from May 10 to 13 (pictured)

According to tradition, it’s meant to symbolise the sweet story of how the couple fell head over feels for each other, along with the richness of everlasting love.

The former working royals recently finished their ‘quasi- royal’ three-day tour to Nigeria from May 10 to 13.

They missed American Mother’s Day with their children to meet with charities and officials at the Lagos State Governor’s Office.

Meghan also spoke at an event on women in leadership in Abuja, where she said it was ‘flattering’ to discover via a genealogy test that she is 43 per cent Nigerian.

The couple had a great time on the trip to Nigeria and said they left the country ‘very happy’ and hoped to be back ‘soon.’

The Duke and Duchess said they wanted to plan more tours for the future and Harry added that it was important to meet directly with people, rather than speaking with them online.

Emily Atack, like many women, gets a lot of online hate from users who comment and nitpick about every part of her life from her body to her pregnancy and more

Emily Atack admitted she thought being pregnant would ‘protect her’ from receiving online abuse from vile trolls.

The former Inbetweeners star is set to welcome her firstborn in the coming weeks with her partner, Dr Alistair Garner, whom she is believed to have been dating since the summer of 2023. However, the pair go way back and are childhood friends whose friendship blossomed into a romance.

Emily, like many women, gets a lot of online hate from users who comment and nitpick about every part of her life from her body to her pregnancy and more. The star is no stranger to sharing screenshots of the rude (and sometimes x-rated) messages she receives from trolls but recently admitted she thought pregnancy would change things.

Appearing on Loose Women on Friday, Emily discussed her pregnancy before the conversation switched to online trolls criticising her for anything and everything. “Just as women, we’re self-conscious going to the shop sometimes,” she said. “I’ve just let all those things go. I’m eating all the things I want to eat, I’m not worrying about my weight. I spend my life worrying about my weight.

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Linda Robson asked about the time she was slammed for cradling her bump on the red carpet. Emily answered: “Yes, that was a new one. I’ve been criticised for a lot of things but… I naively thought that being pregnant would protect me from online abuse in some way. It really doesn’t.

“People will find something. People were writing, ‘you think you’re superior to everyone else by touching your bump’. What world are we living in if I can’t cradle my bump? It’s my first baby and I’m so excited.” She was referring to the BAFTA Awards when she walked the red carpet in a floor-length white gown with a cape.

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After the glitzy event, Emily posted photos on her social media but was hit with nasty remarks over the fact she was holding her baby bump in the snaps. Emily responded to the comments after someone nastily wrote: “How heavy is the bump? Not seen a picture with your hand off it.”

The star perfectly hit back: “I find this so interesting. I, like so many women, get so many comments and questions like this (mainly from men) asking why I feel the need to always be cradling my baby bump, or touching it in some way. It seems to really irritate some people.

Peter Andre has shared an update on his wife Emily MacDonagh’s pregnancy as she starts feeling contractions with the baby’s due date nearing

Peter Andre has shared an update on his wife Emily MacDonagh’s pregnancy as she starts feeling contractions with the baby’s due date nearing.

The 51-year-old singer and television personality shared a video on Instagram of his doctor wife Emily, 34, experiencing Braxton Hicks contractions as she rubs her stomach. The ‘Mysterious Girl’ singer said that Emily blamed him for the contractions as he had made her laugh. Peter teased his wife as he commentated on the moment in the video, saying: “She’s having a Toni Braxton guys.”

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Peter doubled-down on his joking by playing Toni Braxton’s huge hit song, Unbreak My Heart, in the background of the clip as Emily looked to get comfortable on the sofa, in her grey tracksuit as she gently soothed her tummy. Emily said that one side of her bump was feeling different to the other and commented: “Oh, it’s settling down now, nearly. It’s all gone on this side but this side feels empty. This side feels like a rock.” Peter captioned the video: “The braxtons are real. Apparently it’s my fault cos I made her laugh. I’ll take that.”

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Braxton Hicks contractions are false labour pains that occur during the latter stages of a pregnancy and are the body’s way of preparing for the actual labour. While Peter and Emily have been keeping their due date secret, the Braxton Hicks are an indication for when their third child together will be arriving. The couple already have nine year old daughter Amelia and seven year old Theo. Peter is also father to son Junior, 19, and daughter Princess, 16, with his ex-wife Katie Price.

Writing recently in his OK! column, Peter revealed: “Honestly, I don’t mind what the gender is as long as they’re happy and healthy. I’ve got two girls and two boys already and they’re all amazing in their own way.” Meanwhile, during an appearance on Loose Women, Emily told the panel that this pregnancy had been her “toughest yet” and that she had been feeling quite sick throughout. Panellist Nadia Sawalha then joked: “That means it’s a boy!”

Nadia then performed a test on Emily in which she used a ring on a string to determine the baby’s gender. Holding it over the doctor’s stomach. Nadia said that if the rings moves in a circle then it means it will be a girl, which if the ring swung back and forth, it indicated it was a boy. When the ring started moving back and forth, Nadia and the audience cheered as the Loose Women star announced: “It’s official, it’s a boy… you heard it here first! There are no more surprises now! “.

Prince Harry received full publicly-funded security protection until he chose to step back from his royal duties and moved to California with Meghan Markle in March 2020

Prince Harry will likely get “sympathy” from the public amid his current predicament, it has been claimed by a royal expert.

The Duke of Sussex recently won the right to take his case to the Appeal Court against the High Court’s decision that the level of protection he and his family receive in Britain, “which is decided on a case-by-case basis”, is reasonable.

The Court of Appeal has said it will listen to his challenge following a direct application from Harry’s lawyers, who said the prince had been granted permission to appeal. Harry first began the action after the Home Office, the ministry responsible for policing, in February 2020 cut off his right to automatic personal police security while in the UK.

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Harry, in addition to other senior royals, had received full publicly-funded security protection until he chose to step back from his royal duties and moved to California with Meghan Markle in March 2020. It was after this that the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) decided in April not to allow Harry the same amount of protection as he previously had been given after he stopped being a “full-time working member of the royal family”.

Speaking exclusively to The Mirror about this situation, royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams said: “His attempt to pay personally for extra police protection, has the obvious disadvantage that it would create a two-tier system and, as expected, failed in court.

“However, he is haunted by what happened to his mother and there is a threat by far-right extremists to him and his family. The granting of full taxpayer-funded protection for those who are not full-time working royals is likely to be difficult to obtain, but in his particular case, there will be some sympathy for what he sees as his predicament.”

“It may well be that it is ruled that he and his family could be included in the ‘Other VIP Category’, but the legal costs of his appeal will be substantial. Threat by far-right extremists and terrorists too,” Mr Fitzwilliams added.

Loose Women’s panellist Coleen Nolan opened up about her famous feud with Kim Woodburn – which saw the latter storm off the ITV talk show after an intense row

Coleen Nolan revealed she almost quit her entire television career following her famous feud with Kim Woodburn.

The 59-year-old presenter and singer was on Celebrity Big Brother with icon Kim in 2017. During their stint on the programme, Kim claimed Loose Women panellist Coleen had ganged up on her with seven other housemates to bully her – which Coleen vehemently denied. Kim was later invited to appear on Loose Women to put the drama behind but things quickly turned sour.

But despite her best intentions, hopes of a friendly reunion went down the drain when Kim lost her cool and called Coleen “trash” among other things, while Coleen calmly sat on the panel next to her sister Linda. Her co-star Janet Street-Porter sat in between the warring pair wearing a judge’s robes and a gavel, as the strapline ‘Can Coleen and Kim end their feud?’ ran across the bottom of the screen.

After a heated back and forth, Kim stormed off set while Linda told her: “You’re showing your true colours, Kim.” And now, Coleen has opened up about the shocking row during a Q&A session at her Naked Tour in Sunderland. The presenter said she knew the interview would turn to shambles.

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“It was exactly how I thought it was going to be and I told them that’s what she was gonna do but no one listened to me,” Coleen explained. “And then I can honestly say it was the worst time of my life. I very nearly threw the towel in and thought I couldn’t do it anymore. And then I thought…’I’m not going to let Kim Woodburn finish my career…she’s a cleaning lady!’”

While in the Big Brother house, Kim frequently bickered with her housemates who she claimed ‘bullied’ her – Coleen included, who she later described as “two-faced”. After leaving the show, Kim said in an interview: “How that woman won, when Jedward were sitting there, I have no idea. Public, I don’t know how you could let that boring fag ash Lil (win), with what I now know to be a rotten mouth. She shouldn’t have won that show. I’m a bit tired of all these people on Loose Women winning.”

When producers finally got Kim on Loose Women to discuss her feud with Coleen, all hell broke loose. As their war of words heated up, Coleen said her biggest mistake was not telling “antagonistic” Kim “how vile she was from day one” and that she “wanted to go at people all the time”.

“I was very upset in that house and I pretended I wasn’t,” Kym spat back, her voice wobbling as she fought to keep her emotions in check. I was terribly upset; they picked on me. This one [pointing to Coleen], ‘cup of tea Kim, cup of tea?’ everyday and behind my back they were slagging me off.

“I don’t want to draw a line under it…I will never forget what the likes of this one and seven others put me through…I will never forget it because it was sad, awful and it was bloody cruel!” She was quick to storm off set while Coleen remained in her sit as her colleagues defended her.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down from their royal duties in 2020, but it seems that they are getting closer to the royal cousins Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie four years on

According to a royal author, Kensington Palace has a “serious concern that Beatrice and Eugenie are becoming increasingly close to Harry and Meghan”.

Prince Andrew’s daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, have long been close to their cousin Prince Harry. The two Princesses have even continued their strong bond with the Duke after his controversial exit from the Royal Family in 2020.

And now it has been claimed that there is a “serious concern” that the two Princesses are getting even closer to the Sussexes. Prince Harry believes that his two cousins can “sympathise” with him the most given his current situation and estrangement from his father and brother, according to a royal expert.

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Speaking exclusively to The Mirror, royal author and expert Tom Quinn said: “There is serious concern at Kensington Palace that Prince Andrew‘s daughters Beatrice and Eugenie are becoming increasingly close to Harry and Meghan. Beatrice and Eugenie are moving across to what one Kensington Palace official described as ‘the dark side’.”

Kensington Palace is the home of the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince William and Princess Catherine. It has long been rumoured and speculated that the Sussexes are estranged from the Waleses following their departure from the Royal Family.

Not only this but when Prince Harry flew to London last month and announced he would not be meeting his father due to conflicting schedules, he completely snubbed his brother by not mentioning him in the statement.

Mr Quinn went on to add: “Still furious that their disgraced father Prince Andrew has not been rehabilitated, Beatrice and Eugenie feel like outcasts, their sense of abandonment made worse by King Charles’ refusal to allow them to be part of the inner group of working royals.”

And with Harry feeling as though the relations with his father and brother have “broken down completely”, he feels that his two cousins, the Princesses, are “sympathetic” to his position. Mr Quinn said: “With the complete breakdown of relations with his father and brother, Harry feels that Beatrice and Eugenie are among the very few members of the family who are sympathetic to the position he finds himself in. He has always been fond of his cousins, but they are now more important to him than they have ever been.”

This comes almost four years after Harry and his wife Meghan Markle moved from Windsor in England to California in America. The Sussexes upped sticks and moved across the pond in the summer of 2020 and haven’t looked back since. Their move came a few months after they announced they were stepped down from their duties as senior working royals.

Loose Women star Stacey Solomon – who is married to Joe Swash – has racked up enormous earnings

TV Star Stacey Solomon has enjoyed another bumper year as she raked in as much as £3 million – or £58,000 a week.

She is now sitting on cash and assets of £4.3m for the year to the end of June 2023 – up from £2.9m in 2022. And £1.6m of that is in ready cash. Annual accounts for her firm Key Map Entertainments Ltd filed this week show she added an £800,000 investment to package taking its value to £2.2m

She runs a firm to take in cash from her telly work, ad tie-ins and media appearances like Loose Women and interviews and in 2022 she earned around £1.5m. Records at Companies House show that her Key Map Entertainments Limited was valued at £1,373,245. In 2019, the firm was worth £888,763.

The books also reveal that she has £607,490 to pay within a year. His will represent her Corporation Tax meaning her income was around five times that figure. And she’s set to earn even more cash after setting up a cosmetics firm called Belle & Rose – named after two of her five kids.

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The outfit is very much in its infancy and documents were only lodged with Companies House to incorporate the firm last month. The fledgling firm will trade in the “retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles in specialised stores” according the official documents.

In her Key Map Entertainments Ltd – set up to take in cash from “performing arts”, she added another almost £1m to her investment portfolio taking the value of her production firm to £4m. In 2021, she splurged £1.2m of her wealth on her dream house, affectionately nicknamed Pickle Cottage.

After rising to fame on the X Factor in 2009, Stacey has become a national treasure and is best known for her bubbly personality and as the Instagram DIY queen.

The 34-year-old TV star has been keeping her social media followers in the loop as she has transformed Pickle Cottage into a family home. As well as her dream home, Stacey has the dream family life too with former EastEnders actor fiancé Joe Swash, and her five children.

And at Christmas she dipped into her fortune to take 20 members of her family to Jamaica. She told fans on social media: “For the first time ever we got to surprise our families for Christmas. Never felt more grateful & lucky. Not in my wildest dreams did I ever think I’d be able to do this. 20 of us, 10 hours later & we have made it to paradise. Merry Christmas Everyone. Lots of love from ALL of us.”

Husband Joe Swash recently splashed out on a mobile home, but the cost is likely to only equate to around a week of Stacey’s earnings in the last 12 months.

Brooklyn Beckham has once again come under scrutiny over his culinary skills.

The 24-year-old, who is the son of former footballer David Beckham and Spice Girl star and fashion designer Victoria Beckham,

has been pursuing his latest venture as an aspiring chef by posting cooking videos and tutorials on social media.

However, his latest recipe for spaghetti bolognese has come under fire after fans noticed a bizarre cooking technique.

As Beckham sipped on red wine while cooking the minced beef and carrots, his followers were confused after spotting the wine cork in the pot.

They were also dubious about the way the budding chef was carrying his new rescue puppy, Peanut, in a baby pappoose while cooking at the stove.

He captioned the post: “Daddy day care.”

Meanwhile, his followers seemed concerned about the puppy being in the vicinity of the pan, sparking health and safety concerns, and questioned the use of the wine cork.

“There’s a cork in your pot …. and dog hair about to join,” wrote one follower.

Another added: “I don’t think gas, red wine, and a dog will end well,” while one user joked: “The cork is the main dish.”

Debunking the wine cork-related criticism, Beckham turned to Google to justify his cooking technique, and added a screenshot to his Instagram Stories of text from the site that reads: “The addition of wine corks added to the cooking liquid ensures a more tender dish.”

In the next post, a fan had submitted the question: “Are you a chef,” to which he replied, “Nope, but food is my passion.”

This isn’t the first time Beckham has recently been subjected to criticism while publicly exploring his latest career venture.

In a previous video, which saw Beckham make a creamy truffle tagliatelle, he was criticised by social media users for being “out of touch” for using an “expensive” ingredient during a cost of living crisis.

He captioned the cooking video: “In my kitchen [there is] no such thing as too much truffle,” as he added a generous helping of the ingredient into the pasta sauce and as a topping.

It comes as Beckham recently unveiled a huge tattoo of his wife, Nicola Peltz, as he admitted to having over 20 dedicated to her.

Beckham showed off a large black-and-white portrait of the American billionnaire heiress’s face on his upper arm. He credited Mark Mahoney as the artist.